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Argyll and Bute Council · 19 August 2025
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Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT Tel: 01546 602127 Fax: 01546 604435 DX 599700 LOCHGILPHEAD 12 August 2025 NOTICE OF MEETING A meeting of the HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND AREA COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP will be held ON A HYBRID BASIS BY MICROSOFT TEAMS AND IN THE TEMPLETON ANNEXE, HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND CIVIC CENTRE on TUESDAY, 19 AUGUST 2025 at 10:00 AM, which you are requested to attend. BUSINESS 1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 3. MINUTE OF THE HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP HELD ON TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025 (Pages 5 - 16) 4. APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR FOR THE HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP Report by Governance Officer, Argyll and Bute Council (Pages 17 - 18) 5. ASPIRING PLACES: COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN ARGYLL AND BUTE Presentation by Corporate Support Manager and Area Plans Officers, Argyll and Bute Council (Pages 19 - 26) 6. COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP PRIORITIES (a) Transport Update Update by Community Planning Team, Argyll and Bute Council (b) Housing (Pages 27 - 40)
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i) Introduction into Housing Update from Community Planning Team ii) Local Housing Strategy Update from Housing Strategy Manager 7. ARGYLL AND BUTE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP (a) HSCP Update and Living Well next steps (Pages 41 - 48) Report by Health Improvement Principal, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (b) Telecare and Digital Resilience (Pages 49 - 52) Presentation by Senior Service Planning Manager and Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Lead, Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership 8. PARTNER UPDATES (a) Police Scotland Update (Pages 53 - 58) (b) Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Update (Pages 59 - 62) (c) Live Argyll Update (Pages 63 - 66) (d) Transport Scotland Update (Pages 67 - 68) (e) Argyll and Bute Community Development Team Update (Pages 69 - 70) (f) Argyll and Bute TSI Update (Pages 71 - 72) (g) Helensburgh Community Hub Update (Pages 73 - 76) (h) Helensburgh Community Council Update (Pages 77 - 78) (i) Rhu and Shandon Community Council Update (Pages 79 - 80) (j) UHI Update (Pages 81 - 82) (k) Grab Trust Update (Pages 83 - 90) (l) Opportunity for Verbal Updates 9. COMMUNITY FOCUS (a) Helensburgh Former Skating Pond Project Presentation by Director, Scott + Simmons Landscape Architects 10. CLIMATE CHANGE
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(a) Climate Change Update (Pages 91 - 92) Report by Climate Change Project Manager, Argyll & the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust (b) Opportunity for verbal updates on community based initiatives 11. COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE UPDATE Report By Partnerships Lead, Argyll and Bute Council (Pages 93 - 96) 12. COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING Report by the Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group Community Wealth Building Short Term Working Group (Pages 97 - 98) 13. DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 11 November 2025 Helensburgh and Lomond Area Community Planning Group Gill Simpson (Vice-Chair) Contact: Joanne Gaughan, Members and Committee Assistant - 01436 658812